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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:39:52 +0000, John Horne wrote: > Hello, > > I have a test PC with an 80GB disk in it. The current partitioning is: > > primary partition 1: NetBSD (10GB) > 2: OpenSUSE (10GB) > 3) swap (1GB) > extended partition 4) 50GB > logical partition 5) [Debian] (10GB) > > I am trying to install Debian 4.0r1 into the logical > partition /dev/hda5. However, the installer seems to always repartition > the disk such that the extended partition is the same size as hda5 (i.e. > 10GB). This then means that I cannot add any further logical partitions. > > I have tried skipping the disk partitioning section by manually > (re-)partitioning the extended/logical partitions, and formatting hde5. > However, there seems to be no way around having the installer write the > changes to the disk, and hence repartition it again. > > Does anyone know a way around this? I already have the disk partitioned, > I just want to tell the installer to use hda5 (as root), reformat it if > it wants to, but to leave everything else alone. > > > > Thanks, > > John. Try switching to another console (ALT+F2) and using fdisk manually to create an extended partition in the remaining 50GB and a single logical partition of 10GB within it. Then switch back to the installer (ALT+F1) and tell the partitioner to use manual partitioning scheme, select the partition you've just created and tell it to use it as /, let it create the filesystem and then continue the installation. You might want to start the installer in "expert" mode to give you greater control over the process. Cheers. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html